The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-09-08
THE coMMoNwEAL.TH.

WAS apprenenueu WHlle IN lne ACT OF oiOp-
ing with negro Mt Paducah. She re-
turned home. The darlky narrowly escaped
lynching.
A. o. RoBERTsoS has been appointed a
gauger in the Sixth Internal Revenue Dis
trict of Kentucky.
ALEX. BARNES, Of Louisville a drunken,
worthless sot, quarreled with his wife. He
stabbed her with a pocket knife, and left
the weapon sticking in her neck. She will
die Officers are after Barnes.
Ten miles above Owensboro begins II
strip of country which extends ten miles
up the Ohio river and twenty miles back
through a usually productive country,
upon which no rain has fallen since the
first Of April The entire section win not
make above five bushels Of corn to the
acre, wheat was almost failure, and to-
bacco is drying up on the stalk. No wheat
is yet sown, nor can it be until rain falls.
Water for stock is not to be had, and much
suffering among the population is immi-
nent.
MATTHEW SAALwAEcHTER, who Lloved TO
Daviess County two years ago from Posey
County, Ind, committed suicide the other
morning under peculiar circumstances.
He had been sick for several days, aud IN
fit of delirium he escaped from his home
and ran three miles before he could be cap
tnred. He was brought back home and
was seemingly all right next morning, and
very much better than before. He told
his wife he wanted to shave, and she got
his razor and stepped out for a bowl of
water. When she returned he had cut his
throat ON one side. While she stood trans
fixed with horror he deliberately cut u
large piece Of flesh out of the other side
of his neck and threw it toward her A
neighbor, Mr. d. A. Miller, stepped in at
this time, and Mr.. Saalwaeehter attacked
him with the razor. Miller knocked him
down and took the razor from him, and
fastening him in the room started for a
physician. He returned in ten minutes,
having sent messenger after the doctor,
aud found that the maniac had run his
wife, who was wild with terror, of the
place, and had shot himself twice in the
body with pistol, and just as Miliercame
in sight of the house he saw lin place the
muzzle of rifle to his forehead and shoot
the top of his head Off He lived an hour
afterward. Saalwaechter was an extreme
ly industrious farmer, and was in good
circumstances. He leaves q wife and five
children.
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PETER and Henderson Green and Eb.
Cooley, OF Garrard County, mad row at
tripping springs. ieW uays ago tne
ureens were passing Cooiley mouse Wneh
the former began nrlng on tnelr revoNers
ana halioed as they Went Dy. Oooliey was
at nome ana anucipating tncr return
and reneated the offense in front Of Cool
Lewis house. when no opened fire and NOR
tally wounded one with pistol. then tak-
ing a shotgun wounded the other, who
also fell from the buggy. They were
taken home, and one of them died on
reaching there. 1t is reported the other
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ABOUT twelve O'Clock the other night six
tons of hay on the farm OF Mr.. H. e. Dade,
about seven miles below Evansville, on
the Kentucky side OF the river was de-
stroyed by fire. This is the fourth fire on
Mr.. Dade's farm during the past month,
all of whichwas the work of an incendiary.
The first swept away his entire crop Of
wheat and straw, the second his oats, and
the third his barn, containing all his farm
ing. implements and large lot OF corn,
which together with last fire aggregate
loss of fully $4,000 with no insurance.
Ar I,ouisville John shears. hotel waiter.